Anchor for use in veneering concrete structures



Nov. 5, 1929. E. K. COLE 1,734,364

ANCHOR FOR USE IN VENEERING CONCRETE STRUCTURES Filed April 19, 1927 5 flZz orizc-jys.

Patented Nov. 5, 1929 ELMER K. COLE, OF WINTER-SET, IOWA ANCHOR FOR USE IN VENEERENG CONCRETE STRUCTURES Application filed April 19, 1927. Serial No. 184,916.

The object of my invention is to provide means of simple, durable and inexpensive construction for conveniently and easily securing the masonry walls, such for instance as 5 brick, to a concrete wall.

More specifically it is my object to provide a device of this class which may be readily, quickly and easily secured to the inner sur face of a concrete mould, and then when the concrete wall has been formed, the device will be permanently united thereto, and the form boards may be removed in the ordinary way without disturbing the apparatus within the concrete wall, and then when the masonry Wall is to be laid adjacent to the concrete wall, the anchoring member of my improved device may be readily, quickly and easily adjusted to proper position for lying flat between the courses of the masonry wall while still being 0 firmly united to the anchoring member within the concrete wall.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects con-' templated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows an isometric View illustrating my improved anchoring device with the anchor member in folded position ready to be secured to a wooden mould.

Figure 2 shows a vertical, central, sectional view of same. The dotted lines show the anchor member in an elevated horizontal po sition.

Figure 3 shows a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 shows a vertical, transverse, sectional View through a mould for forming a concrete wall, with one of my improved anchoring devices secured in position; and

Figure 5 shows a similar view with the concrete wall in position, and a brick wall built against the concrete wall with my 1mproved anchoring device inserted between the bricks.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I have used the reference numeral 10 to in. dicate a metal plate designed to be tempo rarily placed against the inner surface of a wooden form for concrete walls. The form is indicated by the numeral 11, and in Figure i the position of theplate whensecured to the wooden form is illustrated. In the form at the central portion of the plate is a vertically arranged depression 12, projected from the outer face of the plate. Mounted within this depression is. a rod, one portion of which, as indicated by the numeral '13, extends vertically through the depression 12. Its upper end 1 1 projects horizontally through an open ing in the plate 10, and'its lower end '15 pro jccts horizontally through an opening formed near the bottom'of the plate. ,The inner ends of the parts 14 and 15 are preferably curved to form anchoring means. The central por:

tion 14 of this rod is normally supported spaced apart from the bottom of the depres: sion 12 bymeans of shoulders 16 formed in the plate 10, as shown in Figure2.

The means for connecting the rod 13 t0 the brick wall comprises ananchoring member made of wire and formed with two parallel sides 17 spaced apart, and a closed end member 18. The ends of the wire are preferablv bent outwardly away from each other at 1 9 and designed to lie in depressions 20 formed in the plate 10, as shown in Figure 1. This anchor member 18 is free to be swung up- 'wardly to a substantially horizontal position projecting outwardly from the face of the plate, and when in this position, it may move upwardly or downwardly on the rod 13.

In practical use, the plates 10 are secured to the inner surfaces of the wooden form for making a concrete wall at intervals spaced apart throughout the entire wall structure. This may be done by small nails driven through the plate into the wooden form. When the plates are thus positioned, then the concrete may be poured into the form and the plate will prevent the concrete from engaging any of the wires or rods in the de pression of the plate, because the outer face of the plate is flat and will fit tightly against the adjacent flat surface of the form. After the concrete wall has set and hardened, the wooden form is removed in the ordinary manner, and when this is done, the plate will still remain firmly anchored to the concrete wall, because of the anchor members 14 and 15, as shown in Figure 5. When the brick or other masonry wall is laid againstthe concrete wall, the operator grasps the anchor member 17 and swings it outwardly to a horizontal po sition as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2. He then raises or lowers this anchoring member until it rests in a true horizontal position on top of the adjacent course of bricks. He then applies the layer of mortar and proceeds with the building operation, leaving the an chor member firmly embedded in the mortar between the bricks.

I claim as my invention:

An anchor device for connecting brick veneering to concrete structures, comprising a plate designed to be secured to the inner surface of a building form, and having a longitudinally arranged depression, a concrete wall anchor member comprising a rod having a straight body portion arranged within said recess and spaced apart from the adjacent portion of the plate, and having its ends extended through the plate and projected in wardly beyond it for anchoring to the concrete wall, and a brick wall anchor member having one end looped about said rod within the recess of the plate, andhaving a straight body portion of a lengthsubstantially half of the length of the bricks with which the device is to be used, said brick wall anchor member being shaped to lie wholly within said recess, and being capable of longitudinal sliding movement relative to the plate, and also capable of swinging in a vertical plane to a substantially horizontal position at any point throughout its longitudinal movement.

' ELMER K. COLE. 

